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LEPROSY IN INDIA

It’s a strange experience watching someone have half their foot shaved off with a scalpel. Even stranger to be 2ft away with a hi-def camera filming it and seeing it all happen in ultra-tight close-up. Stranger still to know that none of the patients is taking...

BALDRICK & I BRING DOWN THE GOVT

I was probably 13-14 years old and about to go through the same old Sunday night ritual, fighting my father about what time I had to go to bed.  As the eldest of five, I was always last up, but Dad had a nominal 9.30pm cutoff time assigned to me. This was a nuisance...

WE’LL MEET AGAIN…OR NOT

“It’s your turn to do the loony Des.” My news editor put the phone down. Reception had a walk-in. It was my turn, so why fight it? With a sigh I pulled myself away from the screen and headed for the stairs in trepidation. This rarely went well. I had experienced the...